An overstaffed company, shop, hospital, or office has more workers than it needs. People are standing around; a smaller team could do the same work.

An overstaffed company, shop, hospital, or office has more workers than it needs一家overstaffed的公司、商店、醫院或辦公室，員工比實際需要的多。People are standing around大家閒站著；a smaller team could do the same work一個比較小的團隊就能做完同樣的工作。

Managers call a place overstaffed when they want to cut jobs or stop hiring. The opposite is understaffed — not enough people, everyone too busy.

Managers call a place overstaffed當主管想裁員或停止招人時，when they want to cut jobs or stop hiring就會把一個地方叫overstaffed。The opposite is understaffed相反的情況是understaffed（人手不足）——not enough people, everyone too busy人不夠，大家都太忙。

It is a workplace word, a little formal, more common in news and in offices than at the dinner table. You describe an organisation as overstaffed; you do not usually call one person overstaffed.

It is a workplace word它是個職場用字，a little formal有點正式，more common in news and in offices than at the dinner table比較常出現在新聞和辦公室裡，而不是在餐桌上。You describe an organisation as overstaffed你會用overstaffed形容一個組織；you do not usually call one person overstaffed你通常不會用overstaffed形容單獨一個人。

Though actually, "too many staff" and "overstaffed" can hide a fight: the boss sees extra cost, the workers may see a team that finally has enough hands. It is not the same as overworked.

Though actually不過事實上，'too many staff' and 'overstaffed' can hide a fight'太多員工'和'overstaffed'背後可能藏著一場角力：the boss sees extra cost老闆看到的是多出來的成本，the workers may see a team that finally has enough hands員工看到的可能是一個終於人手足夠的團隊。It is not the same as overworked它跟overworked（過勞）不一樣。

Overworked means the people have too much work. Overstaffed means there are too many people.

Overworked means the people have too much workoverworked是指人的工作量太多。Overstaffed means there are too many peopleoverstaffed是指人數太多。